Jutaku

Another winner from Phaidon... A must for those interested in architecture and design. -selectism.com This lively survey of over 400 wild and whimsical houses... Shows the depth of talent and spirited adventurousness in Japanese architecture today. -Architectural Record Jutaku may be the conventional Japanese word meaning house, but the new generation of homes being built there are anything but conventional. Preconceptions of what a house should look like have been discarded in favour of designs which challenge our ideas. This eclectic assembly of the weird and wonderful will provide plenty of thought for those contemplating building a home that is really out of the ordinary. -Self Build and Design The collection exposes continual experimentation from Japan's renowned architects supplemented with works from up-and-coming talents. -Metropolis There's a surfeit of unorthodox, wildly creative Japanese houses out there, and 400 of them are packed into Jutaku: Japanese Houses, a new tome from Phaidon. -Fastcodesign.com [A collection] of domiciles [that] eschew conventional forms for daring contortions and feats of structural engineering. -Dwell an array of weird and wonderful houses in all shapes and sizes. -Blueprint Illustrates an era of continuous experimentation... Homes the likes of which would not be found elsewhere. -ADF (Architects Datafile) Showcasing the best, strangest and most daring of contemporary Japanese architecture with full-color images, [this] is a hardcover tome that will surprise and inspire readers to think outside the 'duplex'. -Coolhunting The Japanese have a distinctive approach to building houses... A penchant for surprisingly angled walls, clever use of windows plus an ability to build successful living spaces on extremely small plots of land. ...Enjoy these houses while they last, because they will be replaced by new, no doubt equally eccentric and elegant, designs before too long. -Creative Review Japanese contemporary residential architecture is beautifully explored... Full of remarkable buildings. -Sphere Jutaku gems that the put the boring old A-frame to shame. -The Guardian Japan surprises us again and again... Eye-catching mini-houses spring up like mushrooms... Hardly a noteworthy house of the last fifteen years is missing, and almost all of Japan's renowned architects are represented. -Details (Germany) Phaidon's irresistible book. -Architizer Jutaku: Japanese Houses is essential reading for architects, designers and fans of contemporary Japanese culture. -Midwest Book Review A seemingly endless procession of remarkable facades... There are myriad lessons that architects could learn from these houses... It is impossible not to be thrilled by their invention and sheer originality. -Financial Times